Sugar

Synopsis: By 2008, more than 25 percent of major league baseball players were born in Latin America. At 19, Miguel "Sugar" Santos, a serious kid from the Dominican Republic, signs with Kansas City. He flies to Phoenix for tryouts and is sent to the Class A team "The Swing" in the fictional town of Bridgetown, Iowa, where he lives with a farm family. Thus begins his odyssey: leaving his mom and girlfriend; living in an alien culture; learning English; overcoming jitters; working hard; achieving early success; navigating friendships, occasional racism, and a woman's mixed signals; dealing with an injury; trying performance-enhancing drugs; and, searching for his place in the world. Will he make it to the Majors; will he play in New York?

Genre: Drama, Sport

Director(s): Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck

Actors: Jose Rijo, Walki Cuevas, Algenis Perez Soto, Santo Silvestre

Production: Sony Classics

2 wins & 7 nominations.


IMDB:: 7.2
Metacritic:: 82
Rotten Tomatoes:: 92%

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: R
Year:: 2008
: 114 min
: $1,037,595
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Strike.
One out.
-Strike three.
-No way.
-I got it.
-I got it.
Get your heads in the game!
You're gonna let him kill the kid?
Check out Sugar.
He put on 20 pounds,
and now he's going for 20 more.
All muscle, dude.
Rock solid.
Right... solid bones!
Eat slowly, kid.
It's not going anywhere!
If you hustled as hard as him,
you'd be hungry too.
-I got it. I got it.
-I got it.
-Fly ball.
-Fly ball.
-Line drive.
-Line drive.
-Ground ball.
-Ground ball.
-Ground ball.
-Ground ball.
-Home run.
-Home run.
-Home run.
-Home run.
Home run.
What about this kid?
Salvador Torres?
He's been with us for about a week.
Good potential. Raw talent.
We gonna sign him?
Soon, I hope. I'm talking to his agent.
They got two other offers.
From two other teams for about a hundred.
He's good.
What about him?
Miguel Santos?
Great arm.
We signed him two year ago for 15.
Good deal. He throw any junk?
Sugar, show him your curve.
Not bad. Mind if I try something?
Please, go ahead.
Do you mind? May l?
Give him the ball.
It's a spike curve.
Gives you more rotation, more movement.
You try.
This way.
Yeah. Just like that. Come on, let's go.
Throw it!
It's okay, son. These things take time.
You'll figure it out.
He'll be all right.
-Your performance...
-Your performance...
-ln the mound...
-ln the mound...
-ls not...
-ls not...
-As good...
-As good...
-As last year.
-As last year.
-What is the problem?
-What is the problem?
-What is the problem?
-What is the problem?
-I don't know.
-I don't know.
-I don't know.
-I don't know.
-Maybe my mechanic.
-Maybe my mechanic.
-Maybe my mechanic.
-Maybe my mechanic.
-I want to give you a chance.
-I want to give you a chance.
-I want to give you a chance.
-I want to give you a chance.
-It's up to you.
-It's up to you.
-It's up to you.
-It's up to you.
-Thank you.
-Thank you.
-Thank you.
-Thank you.
-I'll do my best.
-I'll do my best.
-I'll do my best.
-I'll do my best.
-I'll do my best.
-I'll do my best.
-Have a good weekend.
-You too.
Sugar! Give me a ball!
Hey, what's up?
-I got one!
-I got one!
-Hi, Sis.
-Hello.
-Any news about the States?
-ls that all you want to hear about?
Hi, Grandma.
Looking beautiful today.
What's up? How's the TV?
Erica won't let me watch baseball.
Not during American Idol.
Hello, Miguel. Do you have
any good news for your mother?
Yes...
You're going to the States?
Not yet, Mom.
But I learned
how to throw a spike curve.
A spike curve...
What's that?
I'm still working out the mechanics!
When are you going to finish this?
Soon. It's just hard
to find the time.
It's pretty.
I'm trying to match the chairs
my dad made, but I can't get it right.
I think it's perfect.
When I'm done,
I'll make you one just like it.
And the rest of the house?
When will it be done?
A month, maybe two...
Do you know we just did it
where my mom's kitchen is gonna be?
Don't tell me that!
Why not? Next time we can do it
in Grandma's bedroom.
Or we could do it on the roof?
I hope you make it to the States.
You hope?
Baby, there's nobody better than me.
Okay, then...
how about...
I know you'll make it.
Now we're talking.
And the first thing
I'm going to do when I get there...
I'm going to buy a Cadillac.
And I'll drive it through
the ocean and bring you back with me.
You can't drive a Cadillac on water.
Sure you can.
In the U.S. they build all kinds of cars.
Ones that drive on water.
You're crazy.
I can take you to New York.
There's snow there
in Yankee Stadium.
Want to see me play
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Anna Boden

Anna Boden is an American film director, cinematographer, editor, and screenwriter best known as the co-writer of the 2006 film Half Nelson. She is known for her collaborations with fellow filmmaker Ryan Fleck. more…

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